Harvey Fierstein was born, not made. Becoming a playwright and theatrical grandee took time. But as his scrumptious new memoir, “I Was Better Last Night,” reveals, it was only a matter of time before ...

Actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein — a bona fide Broadway legend — is the official recipient of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre — an honor he'll receive during the ...

NEW YORK – Last year, Broadway actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein handed director Jack O’Brien the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. This year, it's his turn. “Following ...

Is one hotel bathroom big enough for personalities as outsized as Harvey Fierstein and Bella Abzug? The playwright’s Bella Bella, opening tonight at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Off Broadway venue in ...

Harvey Fierstein opened a new show. Harvey Fierstein constantly opens a new show. Perennially, since Shakespeare’s time, Harvey Fierstein opens a new show. “Bella Bella” is his solo, no intermission, ...

Although Harvey Fierstein once didn’t like the taste of alcohol, by the mid-’90s, the celebrated Broadway, television and film entertainer was imbibing almost half a gallon of Southern Comfort a day. ...

Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein — whose show “Kinky Boots” is currently playing off-Broadway — thinks Harry Styles would be perfect for a long-talked-about movie adaptation of the musical. “I think ...

Harvey Fierstein during the opening night curtain call for the Manhattan Theatre Club play “Bella Bella” on October 22, 2019 in New York City. Photo:Bruce Glikas (Getty Images) “Who the fuck are you ...

After gaining weight during the Covid-19 pandemic, Harvey Fierstein says that he’s now lost 120 lbs., — all thanks to weight-loss medication. In typically irreverent Fierstein fashion, the Broadway ...

Film and Broadway veteran Harvey Fierstein alleged that his shows have been "banned" from the Kennedy Center since President Donald Trump's "takeover" of the storied performing arts venue. Fierstein, ...

Onstage and off, she was celebrated as a pathbreaking triple-threat who left a huge legacy in musical theater and dance. By Michael Paulson and Emmanuel Morgan It’s a history “based on the necessity ...